Brush-holder.



L. T; OWENS.. BRUSH HOLDER.

VAPPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1913.

1,095,226, 4 y `Pat-,eluted'lvlfly5, 1914 LEE fr. OWENS, or TACOMA,wAsmNG'roN.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

y `Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed February 18, 1913. Serial N o. 749,079.

To all whom it 4may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE T. OWENS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of WVashington,have invented a new and useful Brush-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to devices by means of which a calcimine brushmay be Supported in the pail of calcimine when it is not in use, and hasfor its objects to provide a simple, cheap and effective device whichwill so support the brush within the pail that the drippings therefromwill fall therein and none of the liquid on the sides or rim of the pailwill get on the brush handle, and whereby the handle is always inposition to be grasped without having to turn it in the hand, and fromwhich position it is convenient to insert the brush into the calciininein the pail.

Further objects are to provide a Vdevice which will` not injure orscratch the wall when the brush is in use, nor in any way interfere withthe free use of the brush by the operator.

I attain these and other objects by the d evices, forms and arrangementsillustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which*- Figure 1 is avertical section through a pail showing a brush, equipped with mydcvicc, sustained therein ;.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the endportion of a brush showing the method o-f attaching my device thereto;Fig. 3 is a cross-section thereof; Fig. 4 is a plan of a removableformofvmy device; and Fig'. 5 is a perspective view thereof.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

The back of a calcimine or other similar brush, is composed of twopieces of wood-,the lower piece l carrying the brush bristles 2,-

and the upper piece 3 being secured to theA upper side of the piece 1 byany suitable means. The upper piece 3 carries the brush handle 4 securedat its center and extending therefrom at right angles thereto. Now it isvery desirable to keep the' handle of such a brush as free fromthe'calcimine as possible but this is very diilicult if the brush has tobe laid across the top of the pail or on any support attached tothepail, and I have therefore devised the following described hook orhanger. f

In the preferred forni, this invention is mounted permanentlyon thebrush, being inserted in place during theA manufacture of the brush. Twovertical parallel holes 5 are made through the upper part 3, near oneend, and a groove 6 `joins them in the lower face of the said piece. Apiece of heavy wire 7 lies within the groove 6 and its ends turn up andpass through the holes 5 from which theyv emerge forming two paralleluprights 8 which extend a short distance above the level of the piece 3;the parts 8 are then bent toward the adjacent end ofthe brush, formingtwo horizontal parts 9, which in turn are bent down to form two shorthooks l0. The length of the parts 9 is such `that the hooks 10 arealmost over the edge (fif the brush, but do not quite reach that In theremovable form, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, I have provided a device whichcan be applied to brushes which have not been equipped atthe factory asabove described. This consists of a Wire loop 11 adapted to lie on theupper surface of the part 3, and

Vhaving its ends bent to correspond with the above described parts 8, 9and 10; while two clips 12 are permanently secured to the ends of theloop l1, said clips extending sidewise to the edge of the brush and thenbeing bent downward and then having inward extending teeth 13 adapted tobe pressed into the wood of the part 3, thus securing the device to thebrush. It is evident that this piece can be readily applied to any brushwhich it will fit over and can be as readily removed therefrom.

Having described my invention, what I claim is z- 1. A brush holdercomprisinga pair of parallel legs of substantially L-form secured to thebrush and having hooksformed at their terminals, means for securing theholder to the brush whereby the hook terinto engagement with the sidesof the brush minals lie side by side Within the area of the back forsecuring the holder in position 10 brush balk andhovr one end of thesame.1 thereon.

2. A" rush ol er comprising a sing e 5 strand of spring wire bent'toform a spring j LEE T' OWENS loop and substantially parallel legshavingA Witnesses: hooks on their terminals and clips connected M. F.MCNEIL,

to opposite legs and` adapted to be drawn A. A. ALLEN.

